Donna Ruth

31 Dec 1910 - 29 Apr 2004

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FOOR -- Donna Ruth Foor, 93, passed away peacefully on April 29th, 2004. A longtime resident of Albuquerque, Donna retired from Sandia Base. Donna was a former Senior Citizen Olympic state champion for many years in the sprint race and took third in the nation for sprinting in St. Louis, MO. She was active in Palo Dura and Bear Canyon Senior Citizen Centers. Donna loved her church, her music, her friends and her family. Donna is survived by her daughters, Lynne Brennan and Bonnie Buntjer; her grandchildren, Miles and wife Soni Brennan, April Brennan, John Nellos, Aaron Brennan, Jennifer Buntjer, Andrew Brennan, Cheryl Lesmeister, Michelle Nellos and Melinda Nellos; her great grandchildren, Tino, Alex and Isa Nellos, Chris, Scott and Corey Nellos, Joel and John Aaron Krukar, Mason Brennan, Rebecca Brennan and Jake Lesmeister and her close friends; Stephanie and Louise. She is preceded in death by her husband, John William Foor and her grandson, Nick Nellos. A memorial service will be held Friday, May 7th, 2004 at 10:30 am at Messiah Lutheran Church, 11515 Lomas Blvd. NE. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to Messiah Lutheran Church or KNME. [Albuquerque Journal]

Wednesday, May 5, 2004

Donna Ruth Foor Was Top Runner in First Senior Olympics

By Isabel Sanchez
Journal Staff Writer
Donna Ruth Foor was known for her great generosity, her great love of children and her great legs.
Foor, a winner in the first national Senior Olympics at age 76, died Thursday after an infection associated with a fall. She was 93.
In 1987, Foor, a runner, was among 60 athletes from New Mexico who qualified for the national Senior Olympics games in St. Louis. She placed third in her event, the 100-meter sprint.
"I really wasn't athletic at all when I was younger," Foor said in a newspaper interview before the games. "Women just weren't then."
She began taking exercise classes after she retired in 1973 as an executive secretary at Sandia Base, said a granddaughter, April Brennan.
Foor moved to Albuquerque from Lake Forest, Ill., in 1961 to join her daughters, Brennan said, after the death of her husband, John.
For many years in Illinois she had been a housewife and mother, Brennan said, and it was to the Foor home that neighborhood children gravitated. Up to the time of her grandmother's death, Brennan said, Foor was still in touch with some of the children of Lake Forest.
"She was a mother, first and foremost, and a grandmother, a wonderful grandmother," she said.
"Anytime you said you were coming over, she had some full-spread lunch prepared, for an army," Brennan said. "She was very generous. She's the only person in my life that wouldn't ever, ever, ever let me down. I mean never. ... She always came through."
Foor spent weekends with her grandchildren, whom she invited to her home to play in the swimming pool and on the basketball court and climbing towers.
Her exercise class, Brennan said, encouraged her to try out for the local Senior Olympics. She won her first 100-meter race, and a medal.
"She decided after that she'd better continue," Brennan said.
Foor also taught exercise classes at the Palo Duro and Bear Canyon senior centers.
Brennan recalls her grandmother saying, "Oh, look, I'm getting cellulite"_ at age 70.
"Every granddaughter and daughter in our family said she had better legs than we did," she said.
Brennan said Foor enjoyed classical music and professional wrestling, particularly Hulk Hogan.
Her grandmother became "addicted" to wrestling while watching late-night television, and was in her 80s when she saw a live World Wrestling Federation match.
"That was the first time I ever heard my grandmother cuss," Brennan said, when it appeared that a cattle prod was used on a wrestler.
Foor was still active at 93, and still driving, her granddaughter said. One day last month she broke a leg, an injury that had her in and out of the hospital. She died the day before she was to be released, Brennan said, shortly after saying to her roommate, "I'm going to sleep now."
Foor is also survived by her daughters, Lynne Brennan and Bonnie Buntjer; her grandchildren, Miles Brennan and his wife Soni, John Nellos, Aaron Brennan, Jennifer Buntjer, Andrew Brennan, Cheryl Lesmeister, Michelle Nellos and Melinda Nellos and by 11 great-grandchildren.
A grandson, Nick Nellos, died in 2002.
A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Messiah Lutheran Church, 11511 Lomas NE.
Contributions may be made to Messiah Lutheran Church or to KNME-TV in lieu of flowers

DOB/DOD: SSDI shows name as Donna R. Foor. Last residence as ASlburquerque,NM. And she was issued a social security card in IL before 1951.

LOCATION: 2005 - in the obituary of David P. Anderson of Haines City, who died at 74 on Oct. 20, 2005, it mentions 9 surviving daughters, one being Deanne Foor of Chambersburg, PA. [Public Opinion, Chambersburg, PA, Oct. 21, 2005]

1923 - John Artz, 76, prominent Bloom Township farmer and a school teacher for 14 years, died suddenly at his home. His wife, two daughters and a son survived. (published under title "Forty Years Ago"). [Lancaster Eagle Gazette, Lancaster, Ohio, March 26, 1963]

30 Oct 1939 - 9 Nov 2002

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OBIT: William L. Brubaker, age 63, of Carroll, died Saturday November 9, 2002 at O.S.U. Medical Center. Born October 30, 1939 in Napoleon, Ohio, he was a graduate of Napoleon High School, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, and later graduated from Ohio State University. He was the retired owner of Brubaker Oil Co., and was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Moose Lodge, and Reynoldsburg V.F.W.
Survived by his sons William A. "Biff" Brubaker, Carroll, Michael A. (Joni) Brubaker, Lancaster, grandchildren Jacob, Nicholas & Jackson Brubaker, mother Jane (James) Slee, Napoleon, brothers Kenneth, Richard & Moe Brubaker, all of Napoleon, James Slee, Cincinnati, sister Linda Limpaugh, Napoleon, nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by wife Lovie JoAnn Brubaker in 1992, father Richard Brubaker, and brother Steve Brubaker.
Friends may visit 2-4 & 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Dwayne R. Spence Funeral Home, 650 W. Waterloo St., Canal Winchester, where funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday. Interment Lithopolis Cemetery.
Obit from funeral home website.

NOTE: This person MAY have went to Delaware Co., Indiana, as an Allen D. Cave is shown in the marriage index as having married Mary SNIDER on 25 Feb 1918. This may explain the "Snyder" family living next to an Allen Cave family in the 1930 Mississippi census; could be Mary's parents.

There was also an Allen CAVE listed in the SSDI as being born 25 Feb 1899, died Mar 1969, resided at Plain Dealing, Bossier Co., LA, and was issued a card in LA before 1951.

DOM/POM: Fairfield County, Ohio probate marriage images. Lafayette Coffman, (also clearly written as 'Lafaette Hoffman' elsewhere on document] and Ella Azbell license on March 6th, 1877, and since "Ella Azbell" is under 18 the "father of Ellen Azbell consents in open court". Marriage solemnized on March 8.

Roberta COOK

19 Oct 1924 - 14 Feb 2013

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Harless Roberta (Cook) Harless, age 88, left this earth to be with her heavenly father on February 14, 2013. She was born on October 19, 1924 to the late Jay and Nitah Cook in Rockview, West Virginia. She was preceded in death by her loving husband James I Harless, son Charles Gordon Harless, daughter Suella Eden, three brothers Jay C. Cook, Jimmy D. Cook and Norvel Cook, sister Jean Kilgore and niece Shelly Monroe. She is survived by her three daughters, Alice Clay, Louetta Shave and Catherine (Don) Hill; two sons, Jim (Connie) Harless and Jay (Betty) Harless; numerous loving grandchildren; great grandchildren; great-great grandchildren, nieces and nephews; two sisters, Gladys Wiley and Raoma Smith; brother, Bill Cook; and special friend, Frank Clay. Friends may visit from 11-12 Noon on Monday at the DWAYNE R. SPENCE FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY 650 W. Waterloo St. Canal Winchester where a funeral service will follow at 12 Noon. Burial will take place at Lithopolis Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made in her name to the Alzheimer's Association (225 N. Michigan Ave., Fl. 17 Chicago, IL 60601). Online condolences at www.spencefuneralhome.com

LOCATION: 1998 -Listed as a surviving stepdaughter, Aletha Foore of Porter, in Judy Dreyer's (age 54) Feb. 1998 obituary. Obit was published in the San Angelo Standard-Times, Texas, and posted in the USGENWEB archives.

NOTE: There's no CORNELIUS in the SSDI with the same date of birth of Amelia Beryl (FOOR) CORNELIUS. Perhaps she remarried after the death of unknown CORNELIUS husband. Could find no Beryl or Amelia with same birthdate, either, which searching SSDI with unknown last name.

Cora Irene Foor, daughter of George Foor, laborer, and Jennie Foor of Six Mile Run, Broad Top Twp. was born 2 Sep 1893 at Six Mile Run, Broad Top Twp.
(Source: Bedford County Register of Births, Prothonotary and Clerks Office, Bedford County Courthouse, Bedford, Pa.) as posted by Carol Eddleman on the PA GenWeb website, Jun 2001.

OBIT: Lloyd Brinton Foor, 71, of HCR 61, Mill Creek, died at 12:15 a.m. today, Wednesday, July 29, 1992 in the J. C. Blair Memorial Hospital, Huntingdon. Born April 12, 1921 at Six Mile Run, he was the son of the late Harry W. and Della M. (Tehman) Foor. He was twice married, the second time to Alberta R. Teeters on Nov. 27, 1971. Surviving are his wife, at their home; six sons; John Foor and Theodore Foor, in Ohio; Michael Foor, Gary Foor and Todd Foor; and James Foor, in Florida; six stepchildren: Caroline Woods, Richmond, Va.; Wilbur W. Keller, in Ohio; Eugene Keller and Samuel Keller, Petersburg; Edward keller, Huntingdon; and Isabell Semple, Mapleton; 12 grandchildren; and 24 stepgrandchildren. Also surviving are a sister, Julia Meshyock of Center Union, and two brothers, Edward Foor of Six Mile Run and George Foor, Shirlesburg. Preceding him in death were a daughter, two stepdaughters, four stepgrandchildren, three brothers and three sisters. Mr. Foor was a member of Standing Stone Post 1754, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Huntingdon. He retired in 1983 as a boiler fireman at J. C. Blair Memorial Hospital, Huntingdon. During World War II, he served with the U.S. Army. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, July 31, at the Robert I. Grove Funeral Home, Alexandria, with the Rev. John C. Dean officiating. Interment will be in Alexandria Presbyterian Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday, from 7-9 p.m. and Friday, from 9 a.m. until the hour of the services. [The Daily News, Huntingdon, PA, July 29, 1992]

"Hannah [Runkle] b March 1834, M. Stephen Foor and had nine children: Martha
Foor, deceased; Ezra Foor, deceased; Priscilla Foor m. William Musselman and
has two boys; Sylvester Foor m. Barbara Mussleman and has two girls; Fran
Foor m. Miss Doubs and has four boys; Amanda Foor m. Thompson Doubs and has
three girls; Mertie Foor m. Ben Macklin and has two girls; Lewis Foor; Lizzie
Foor m. Alonzo Lookenbill and has one daughter". [Ancestry.com. Original
data: Fisher, Benjamin Van Doren,. The Runkle family : being an account of
the Runkels in Europe, and their descendants in America. New York: T.A.
Wright, 1899, p 322.]

PARENTAGE UNCONFIRMED: Due to the info on the 1910 census as to where his parents were born, as well as the proximity of where he lives and his supposed parents live, I assume he is linked to the correct father.

1910 - listed as a surviving child in mother's July 1910 obit: "the following children, who now survive their mother: T.O., E.M., and A. K. Frankenburg and Mrs. Emma Truman, all residing in Champaign county".

CENSUS: 1930 Bloom Twp., Fairfield Co., OH, sheet 12A - Rockmill Road
HEISTER, Forest R., head, owns a home, resides on a farm, 38y b OH, parents b OH, married first at age 36, farm operator
", Dora L., wife, 34y b OH, parents b OH, married first at age 32
FREELAND, Berlin, stepson, 7y b OH, parents b OH
HEISTER, Raymon E., son 1 4/12 b OH, parents b OH
NOTE: in 1930 something is in error in the couples ages at first marriage. It appears Dora was married before to a FREELAND. The other possibility is that the ages at first marriage are correct, and that Berlin Freeland was born out of wedlock.

NOTE: In the following obit, it lists her as the surviving sister of J. H. Houtz:

1927 - Wapello, IA - J.H. Houtz, well known resident of this city, died yesterday in his home here, aged 72 years. Mr. Houtz had been afflicted for a number of years. J. H. Houtz, familiarly known as "Bub", was born in Wapello, Nov. 19, 1855, and his entire life was spent here. He was married to Anna Leair, who passed away a year ago. he is survived by a son, and a sister, Mrs. Roy Hunsicker, both of Wapello. Funeral services will be held in the First Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 conducted by the Rev. B. C. Hankins, and burial will be made in the Wapello cemetery. [Davenport Democrat and Leader, Davenport, IA, Dec. 25, 1927]

"The children of Mr. and Mrs. Klinger are named Blanche, Israel Jenison, John
and Orella. Blanche is now the wife of Thomas Gardiner, of Jackson County,
Kansas. The son Jenison is a rancher in Clark County, and by his marriage to
Hazel Broadie has three children, Byron, Dwight and Dorothea. John is also a
practical farmer in Clark County, and married Alta Wilder and has two
children, Lyle Russell and Melba. The youngest of the family, Orella, is the
wife of Alvin Mull, of Clark County." Transcribed from A Standard History of
Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary
of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. [Revised ed.] Chicago: Lewis
Publishing Co., 1919, c1918. 5 v. (xlviii, 2530 p., [155] leaves of plates):
ill., maps (some fold.), ports.; 27 cm.

DAUGHTER: Kern, Kay I., age 68, of Dayton, Ohio passed away on Monday, September 26, 2011, at her residence. She was preceded in death by her mother, Vera "Myrt" Foor, her step-father, Charles "Gene" Foor, grandmother, Edna Kosterman and her father, Frank McCluskey. Kay is survived by her loving husband of 40 years, Donald J. Kern, of Dayton; her step-sister, Linda Bennett, of NC; her "special" kids, Brice and Sara Smith and their daughters, Gabrielle and Abigail, all of Lucas, OH; cousins, Lori Thomas and her daughters, Ruth Ann and Esther Rose, of West Carrollton, OH and Dan Thomas, of Dayton, OH. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 29, 2011, at the TOBIAS FUNERAL HOME-BEAVERCREEK CHAPEL, 3970 Dayton-Xenia Road at Grange Hall Road. Interment will follow in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 12:30 p.m. until the time of the service on Thursday. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.tobiasfuneralhome.com.

NOTE: Photo of grave seen. Description: Appears to be a bronze, on-the-ground (flat) rectangular plate. On the left are the words "VERA A." with the years 1917-1989 under it. On the right "CHARLES E." with the years 1918-2005 under it. Under both of their years is a raised book with the words "HOLY BIBLE" on it. In the middle it says, in smaller type, "TOGETHER FOREVER". Under it, in the biggest type and centered, is the word FOOR. All letters, Bibles, years, etc., are raised rather than engraved. Flowers adorn both top corners.

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The following Obit. is from the Everett Press 24 Apr 1908;
MRS. T. K. ROSE

A very sad and distressing accident occurred at Bedford, Wednesday morning last, when Mrs. T. K. ROSE was burned to such an extent that she died within a few hours after the accident. She was cleaning the garden near her home and was in the act of burning some brush, when her clothing took fire. Upon discovering this, she ran into the house in a mass of flames. The hair was burned from her head and other parts of her body badly charred. The accident occurred about 10 o'clock and she died about 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
Her maiden name was Mary E. PENNELL and she was born in Colerain township, August 23, 1834.
She was twice married. Her first husband was A. J. DAVIS, who died a number of years ago. Surviving her is her second husband and the following children by her first husband; Mrs. Mollie MOWERY, of Everett; John H. DAVIS, of Cumberland Valley; Mrs. Edwin FOOR, of Colerain Township; Mrs. ZINN, of Indiana County, PA; Mrs. J. H. GUMP, of Rainsburg, and Mrs. Josephine IMES; also one brother, A. J. PENNELL, of Rainsburg, survives.
The funeral services will be conducted this Friday morning by Rev. M. L. Culler of the Lutheran church. Interment will be made in the Bedford Cemetery.

OBIT: Kathryn M. Foor of Belle Vernon R. D. 5 Rostraver Township, died Thursday, Aug. 29, 1985 at 3:25 a.m. in the Mon Valley Hospital. She was 75. Mrs. Foor was born May 7, 1910 in Broad Top Twp., Bedford County, a daughter of the late Thomas and Mary Benner Rogers. She was a member of Union Church, Pricedale. A resident of Rostraver Township for the past 40 years, Mrs. Foor had previously lived in Monessen. Survivors include her husband, Maynard C. Foor, two sons, Maynard James Foor of Grindstone R. D. 1 and Edmond D. Foor of Belle Vernon R. D. 5; one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Lilian) Halinka of Monessen; one brother, Mearl Rogers of Mercersburg; one sister, Lillian Laughlin of South Carolina, 14 grandchildren; and 11 great grandchildren. Mrs. Foor also raised another child, Shirley Williamson Moyer of the state of California. Friends will be received Thursday & Friday... [Valley Independent, Monessen, PA, August 29, 1985]

Death certificate image. It gets indexed under the name KUNKLE, and in all actuality, it does look like that on the death certificate. Jacob Kunkle, Clay twp., Auglaize Co., Ohio, died Aug. 15, 1921, aged 78y 10m 16d, married to Martha Runkle, born Sept. 29, 1842 in Fairfield Co., Ohio to Geo. Runkle b PA and Sarah Ware b PA. Informant was Mrs. Martha Runkle of St. Johns, Ohio. Buried Green Lawn Cemetery, Aug. 18.

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DOD/POD: Herrick Illinois Community Online website at herrickil.com, 2003. Cemetery inscriptions. Shown as Alexander Sands, "son of F. and S. Sands, age 1y 11m 4d". I believe the "L" was misread as an "S", as this child is buried near their others as well as the parents. DOB figured from age at death.

"Mrs. Elizabeth Smaltz died at her home in Whitley county Sunday, aged sixty-nine years. She was very well known by the older people in Fort Wayne. Mr. F. M. Smaltz, the West Main street grocer, is a nephew of the deceased". [Fort Wayne Journal, Fort Wayne, IN, June 30, 1897]

"Mrs. Elizabeth Smaltz died Sunday at the family residence in Whitley county. She was 69 years old and had many friends here among the older settlers. Her nephew, F. M. Smaltz, is a groceryman on West Main street. The remains were interred in Bullard's cemetery". [Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne, IN., June 29, 1897, p 1]

She is survived by sons, Bruce (Bunny) Palmer of Canal Winchester, Ohio and Ivan Jerimiah (Linda) Palmer of Raleigh, N.C.; grandchildren, William (Patricia) Palmer of New York, Robert Palmer of Columbus, Ohio, Corrie Palmer, Ryan Palmer and Sean Palmer, all of Raleigh, N.C.; great-granddaughter, Rachel Palmer of Columbus, Ohio and a sister, Mildred Seeley of Arizona.